Rain of Darkness
Prologue/ Lost Memories
DarkPhoenixZero
The rain fell in drenching sheets, pounding on the bamboo covered roof, then sliding off splashing the ground in blankets of water. Mrs. Akimi Takahashi let out a sigh, as she stared out the rice paper window, looking at the silhouettes of the rain, and the trees, trees that surround all of the Hashimoto village. It was a small village, holding only six to seven different families, and a medium size burrow. There was a small dirt road that stopped in the middle of the village.
Mrs. Takahashi was a young priestess, maybe in her late 20's early 30's. She was about 5'9", long shiny black hair, that went down to her waist. She wore a loose blue and white kimono, incrested with strange symbols all around her sleeves. She took her work very seriously, each patient to her was worth more than gold. She was very talented in healing, and very skilled with weapons, mostly the staff.
She walked away from the window, across the cold wooden floor, each step seemed colder than the last. She stood next a lit candle that was placed on a long metal pedestal. It was one of many that were placed at all four corners of the room. She took her hand and placed it behind flame, and a soft, gentle gust of wind escaped her lips transforming the flame into puffs of grey smoke. She did the same to all the candles, but before she came to the last candle, her assistant Shinku, stepped into the room.She came in bare foot, her steps were slow and labored her hand catching the uncontrollable yawns.
Right then she cocked her head. "Listen" she said
"Yes, I hear it too it's been raining for a couple of days, did you just notice?"
"No, listen"
Mrs. Takahashi cocked her head, trying to hear what her assistant had heard, but it was nearly impossible with all the rain pounding on the roof. Then she caught it too, another sound blended in with the storm, moving quick with heavy thuds. She ran to the window, and peered out. there were many dark outlined figures moving about. Some of them had orange glowing lights, in front of them. She heard them frantically shouting out words of which she couldn't make out. Her assistant nudge her on the shoulder.
They were looking for a doctor
Mrs. Takahashi slid open the door, and stepped out on the porch. The figures that she had saw through the window, turned out to be men. Men equipped heavily with weapons and armor. Each one of them was soaked and had cuts and bruises all over there body. One of the men came rushing over to her panting heavily
"Do you know...( the muffin man... sorry couldn't resist) where I can find..."
"Slow down, now say it again, more slowly this time." she said.
he took a deep breath, and said. "do you know where we can find a doctor?"
"Yes, I am a doctor, I am Priestess Akimi Takahashi." she yelled to him, trying to be louder than the storm. The rain was pounding down on her now, she was drenched in a matter of seconds. The young man sighed in relief when she said this.
"We are very sorry to disturb you so late in the night, but we have someone who is badly injured, needs some medical attention." he shouted.
I will gladly heal this person. "Go ahead and bring him in." she said turning around, and dashing back inside. "Shinku! Lit all the candles over on your side." she said. Mrs. Takahashi rushed over to the bed on the floor, and dusted it off as best she could.
Another man came rushing into the room, carrying a limp figure in his arms. He stopped in the middle of the room, breathing heavily, trying to catch his breath.
"Put him here." she said, pointing at the bed she had just dusted off. The man nodded to her and set the body down gently on the bed.
"Shinku, please hand me a lamp." she said. Shinku picked up the nearest lamp, and carried it to her. Just as she handed the lamp over, she let out a sudden gasp. Mrs. Takahashi looked at her in puzzlement. 'Shinku has always seen badly injured bodies before, why was this one different from the oh...' "Oh my God" she gasped. She had thought it was man, but in front of her was no man, it was a small little girl. She had to be no older than five or six. Her little red and white kimono was stained in blood from her head to her feet. There were slash and burn marks all over her body. Open wounds that exposed the ivory white bone. She had lost so much blood that her whole body appeared blackish red. Her breaths were short and quick. Her arms were twitching uncontrollably. All of this must have been unbearable for her, she was unconscious or in total shock, she couldn't tell.
Mrs. Takahashi fell back, with her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide open.
"W-w-what happen to her?" she asked, her body shaking a little bit.
"We found her like this way, in a forest, a couple of miles south from here... we don't know what exactly what happen to her. but... nevermind."
Mrs. Takahashi was speech-less. Shinku spoke for her," This girl needs a lot of attention, and she needs it now, please leave! The man hesitated for a second, then nodded to her request, and walked out quietly.
"Thank you Shinku" she said. Shinku turned and nodded to her.
"Mrs. Takahashi. Do you think she is going to be okay?" her assistant asked.
"IM not sure." she said truthfully
The man that had brought the girl inside, now waited patiently outside. It had stopped raining, the clouds were still dark. The man sat there on the porch, staring off into the forest, his hand steady on the hilt of his sword. He was prepared for anything that might pop out of the forest. But no matter how prepared he was deep down he was scared out of his wits. Not only for the little girl but for the thing that had attacked the little girl. He promise himself that he would defend the little girl and the young priestess with his life.
The door slid open, bringing himself back to reality. Mrs. Takahashi stepped out onto the porch, she looked down at the young man and walked over to him. The man stood up as soon as he saw her. "Is she going to be okay?" he asked
"She is sleeping at the moment and probably won't wake up for another two hours, but other than that she is fine."
"Thats good to know." he said. He sighed in relief.
Mrs. Takahashi study him for a second. "What happen to her, and this time I want the truth." she said, with a serious tone to her voice.
He hesitated a second. "Fine. You might want to sit down for this one." she obeyed his request and sat down on the edge of the porch. He sat right next to her. He looked down at the muddy ground and sighed. "As you can tell, we are demon hunters, that means we hunt demons for money."
"Yes, I already know what a demon hunter is."
"Sorry, well any ways, we were hired by local villagers to hunt down... one of the four demons of the earth. The demon of fire. Well normally we wouldn't do this kind of thing unless we had a death wish. But they offered us a reasonable amount of money, an amount that we couldn't pass down. So we accepted the job, of course we wanted to know why they wanted us to kill a legendary demon. They said it was simple, because the demon of fire had come to there village in the middle of the night and kidnapped the priestess only daughter. The mother of the child went to another village to get rid of the pain of her child. We took a team of forty men, each heavily equipped, we followed the trail of the demon, it led deep within the black forest. We had traveled for forty-eight days and found nothing, our food supply ran out two days earlier, and we were ready to give up and turn back. But then we saw it, a blazing wild fire a couple of miles west. That was are only lead, so we followed it. When we got to that area, there was nothing left but a forest as black as night. We searched the area but found nothing except for the girl. She was injured badly and she needed a doctor as soon as possible, so we rushed off leaving a team of twenty men behind in search for the demon. Two hours later we heard screaming, men screaming, our men. Another blazing fire had formed exactly where we had left our men." He paused, unable to continue the story.
" So... then you came here, because this was the closest village, am I right?" She asked. He only nodded.
A rumble grew in the distance followed by a blinding flash. The air grew cold, and sky darkened. A blazing fire suddenly appeared, it was a sea of fire, as far as the eye could see. A scream echoed in the distance.
Kikyou opened her eyes, sweat dripped down her face. " Mrs. Takahashi, where did you go, I need you know more than ever."
Well that was my prologue, yeah it's a little long but it will explain a lot later on. Please, be gentle with the comments OK . I'll try to update ASAP so be patient. Have questions or suggestions please tell me.
Prologue/ Lost Memories
DarkPhoenixZero
The rain fell in drenching sheets, pounding on the bamboo covered roof, then sliding off splashing the ground in blankets of water. Mrs. Akimi Takahashi let out a sigh, as she stared out the rice paper window, looking at the silhouettes of the rain, and the trees, trees that surround all of the Hashimoto village. It was a small village, holding only six to seven different families, and a medium size burrow. There was a small dirt road that stopped in the middle of the village.
Mrs. Takahashi was a young priestess, maybe in her late 20's early 30's. She was about 5'9", long shiny black hair, that went down to her waist. She wore a loose blue and white kimono, incrested with strange symbols all around her sleeves. She took her work very seriously, each patient to her was worth more than gold. She was very talented in healing, and very skilled with weapons, mostly the staff.
She walked away from the window, across the cold wooden floor, each step seemed colder than the last. She stood next a lit candle that was placed on a long metal pedestal. It was one of many that were placed at all four corners of the room. She took her hand and placed it behind flame, and a soft, gentle gust of wind escaped her lips transforming the flame into puffs of grey smoke. She did the same to all the candles, but before she came to the last candle, her assistant Shinku, stepped into the room.She came in bare foot, her steps were slow and labored her hand catching the uncontrollable yawns.
Right then she cocked her head. "Listen" she said
"Yes, I hear it too it's been raining for a couple of days, did you just notice?"
"No, listen"
Mrs. Takahashi cocked her head, trying to hear what her assistant had heard, but it was nearly impossible with all the rain pounding on the roof. Then she caught it too, another sound blended in with the storm, moving quick with heavy thuds. She ran to the window, and peered out. there were many dark outlined figures moving about. Some of them had orange glowing lights, in front of them. She heard them frantically shouting out words of which she couldn't make out. Her assistant nudge her on the shoulder.
They were looking for a doctor
Mrs. Takahashi slid open the door, and stepped out on the porch. The figures that she had saw through the window, turned out to be men. Men equipped heavily with weapons and armor. Each one of them was soaked and had cuts and bruises all over there body. One of the men came rushing over to her panting heavily
"Do you know...( the muffin man... sorry couldn't resist) where I can find..."
"Slow down, now say it again, more slowly this time." she said.
he took a deep breath, and said. "do you know where we can find a doctor?"
"Yes, I am a doctor, I am Priestess Akimi Takahashi." she yelled to him, trying to be louder than the storm. The rain was pounding down on her now, she was drenched in a matter of seconds. The young man sighed in relief when she said this.
"We are very sorry to disturb you so late in the night, but we have someone who is badly injured, needs some medical attention." he shouted.
I will gladly heal this person. "Go ahead and bring him in." she said turning around, and dashing back inside. "Shinku! Lit all the candles over on your side." she said. Mrs. Takahashi rushed over to the bed on the floor, and dusted it off as best she could.
Another man came rushing into the room, carrying a limp figure in his arms. He stopped in the middle of the room, breathing heavily, trying to catch his breath.
"Put him here." she said, pointing at the bed she had just dusted off. The man nodded to her and set the body down gently on the bed.
"Shinku, please hand me a lamp." she said. Shinku picked up the nearest lamp, and carried it to her. Just as she handed the lamp over, she let out a sudden gasp. Mrs. Takahashi looked at her in puzzlement. 'Shinku has always seen badly injured bodies before, why was this one different from the oh...' "Oh my God" she gasped. She had thought it was man, but in front of her was no man, it was a small little girl. She had to be no older than five or six. Her little red and white kimono was stained in blood from her head to her feet. There were slash and burn marks all over her body. Open wounds that exposed the ivory white bone. She had lost so much blood that her whole body appeared blackish red. Her breaths were short and quick. Her arms were twitching uncontrollably. All of this must have been unbearable for her, she was unconscious or in total shock, she couldn't tell.
Mrs. Takahashi fell back, with her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide open.
"W-w-what happen to her?" she asked, her body shaking a little bit.
"We found her like this way, in a forest, a couple of miles south from here... we don't know what exactly what happen to her. but... nevermind."
Mrs. Takahashi was speech-less. Shinku spoke for her," This girl needs a lot of attention, and she needs it now, please leave! The man hesitated for a second, then nodded to her request, and walked out quietly.
"Thank you Shinku" she said. Shinku turned and nodded to her.
"Mrs. Takahashi. Do you think she is going to be okay?" her assistant asked.
"IM not sure." she said truthfully
The man that had brought the girl inside, now waited patiently outside. It had stopped raining, the clouds were still dark. The man sat there on the porch, staring off into the forest, his hand steady on the hilt of his sword. He was prepared for anything that might pop out of the forest. But no matter how prepared he was deep down he was scared out of his wits. Not only for the little girl but for the thing that had attacked the little girl. He promise himself that he would defend the little girl and the young priestess with his life.
The door slid open, bringing himself back to reality. Mrs. Takahashi stepped out onto the porch, she looked down at the young man and walked over to him. The man stood up as soon as he saw her. "Is she going to be okay?" he asked
"She is sleeping at the moment and probably won't wake up for another two hours, but other than that she is fine."
"Thats good to know." he said. He sighed in relief.
Mrs. Takahashi study him for a second. "What happen to her, and this time I want the truth." she said, with a serious tone to her voice.
He hesitated a second. "Fine. You might want to sit down for this one." she obeyed his request and sat down on the edge of the porch. He sat right next to her. He looked down at the muddy ground and sighed. "As you can tell, we are demon hunters, that means we hunt demons for money."
"Yes, I already know what a demon hunter is."
"Sorry, well any ways, we were hired by local villagers to hunt down... one of the four demons of the earth. The demon of fire. Well normally we wouldn't do this kind of thing unless we had a death wish. But they offered us a reasonable amount of money, an amount that we couldn't pass down. So we accepted the job, of course we wanted to know why they wanted us to kill a legendary demon. They said it was simple, because the demon of fire had come to there village in the middle of the night and kidnapped the priestess only daughter. The mother of the child went to another village to get rid of the pain of her child. We took a team of forty men, each heavily equipped, we followed the trail of the demon, it led deep within the black forest. We had traveled for forty-eight days and found nothing, our food supply ran out two days earlier, and we were ready to give up and turn back. But then we saw it, a blazing wild fire a couple of miles west. That was are only lead, so we followed it. When we got to that area, there was nothing left but a forest as black as night. We searched the area but found nothing except for the girl. She was injured badly and she needed a doctor as soon as possible, so we rushed off leaving a team of twenty men behind in search for the demon. Two hours later we heard screaming, men screaming, our men. Another blazing fire had formed exactly where we had left our men." He paused, unable to continue the story.
" So... then you came here, because this was the closest village, am I right?" She asked. He only nodded.
A rumble grew in the distance followed by a blinding flash. The air grew cold, and sky darkened. A blazing fire suddenly appeared, it was a sea of fire, as far as the eye could see. A scream echoed in the distance.
Kikyou opened her eyes, sweat dripped down her face. " Mrs. Takahashi, where did you go, I need you know more than ever."
Well that was my prologue, yeah it's a little long but it will explain a lot later on. Please, be gentle with the comments OK . I'll try to update ASAP so be patient. Have questions or suggestions please tell me.